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The Department for Education and Department for Culture, Media and Sport should take steps to...
Conclusion
The Department for Education and Department for Culture, Media and Sport should take steps to facilitate data-sharing between schools and public libraries, to enable measures such as auto-enrolment of children to libraries and help children to sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge. This can make use of the single child identifier once established. The Departments should work closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office to provide local authorities with clear guidance and support as to how this can be done within the confines of GDPR legislation. (Recommendation, Paragraph 195)
Source
Committee
Education Committee
Inquiry
Reading for Pleasure
Report
2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure
17 Jul 2026
HC 150
Addressee Bodies
Department for Education
Timeline
Report published
17 Jul 2026